What kind of kid were you? How did you build the confidence to find your bliss? Are people a part of your bliss? Who were your mentors or inspirations? Do you have a guiding philosophy?

These are some of the preparatory questions Lauren Agnelli, the creator and host of Finding Bliss: A Show About People Who Are Following Their Hearts, sent me before our taping of her show this week.

Lauren has been following her bliss by creating this TV program and has 31 interviews to her credit. She gets to select people she wants to interview and get to know them better as well as give them air time. That’s a win-win formula. Our half hour together flew by as Lauren is an animated listener as well as host. I hope you’ll tune in on April 21 (if you live in the Clinton, CT area) to hear my answers. Lauren will also post the interview to vimeo.com, which I’ll link my readers to as well.

Re the question of mentors, I shared about my beloved college professor, Jim Cavanaugh (who I know faithfully reads my blogs), who recognized my design skills and empowered me to move forward in that direction. He entrusted me with the design of the Mount Holyoke College Summer Theatre logo (the ‘summer sun’ on the poster below) which defined the organization for 30 years. Jim made me the decision maker at the print shop long before the word ‘font’ was in everyone’s vocabulary. I designed and helped build four sets during the first summer of the Summer Theatre program and did logo designs and program and poster art for several productions in my senior year. Jim was a key person in my life for finding my bliss. Who was key in your life?